Combined life-rail and gutter.



V s. F. 300mm. DMBINED LIFE RAIL AND GUTTER.

APPLYIOATICN FILED GOT 8,1907.

hunted May 25, 1909.

A TTOH/VE YS Fig. I3, the several'itile sections being;r here unitedinto e single composite section. Any,

number of these composite sections may be employed sind the inclinationof the tile scction 13 may be in either of two directions or iu bol-lidirections, according to the number und arrangen'ieut of the compositesections fo remove 'the drainage. The concavesurfece 14 of the tilesection 13 is vllatteued out e little :it-the point 13 at one end of thesection, as indicatedin Fig. 2.

"`p .ir\tion 10, the letter is provided with an annular shoulder 10".inasmuch as the gutter. section carries the bottom of the life railsection, it 'ollovvs Ythat the portion i0@ may be either covered by the)ottom of the gutter or left exposed, in order to be brought into useaccording to the mnner in which the parts ere proportioned un y gether.ln ease the gutter se tion made shorter than the otherise lons, as.indicated in Fig, 4 or not, there is The roundedzpor," A l 10 must behorizontifor thea must conforint'othe upper level othewate'r e.Any-.impurities floating upon the'surtece of the waternre adapted topass, over ythev rounded edge rIZinto' the gutter. r.`.l" hey thencedriltobliquely downu-'erd sind are discharged 'frointlelower end o5 thegutter edja'cent to thepoint 13, Fig. 2. AThe portion 8 of thetile'see'tion 7 being slightly inclined from the horizontal, causes anywater which may splash upon .it to'drain uit 'into the gutter; the.rounded 'surface 9 facilitates this purpose, The relative positions ofthe part-s 8 and 12 allow this -snd still are sufficiently close toprevent the diver from catching his toes, a fault very common instructures heretofore used.

' it the swimmers disturb the Water soneto @euse waves or ripples toforni upon its surface, the water merely overflows a little," passingover the rounded surface 12 `serving as e life ruil, end then beingdrained away by the gutter. 'The rounded surface 9 being a littlehigl'ier than the rounded surface 12, serves as e guide for the sight,end enables the swimmers and bothers to readily deterl .ruine theposition or" the rounded surfer-e 12,

n in order that the latter may be used as a lil'e rail, wliiolfr1 infact, is always :it the waters eui'hice in rigid position and not abovethe son that it v iheg 1ere/.-- sented to .the eye to indicate theIexistence of; a drain pipe; y I

Water in straight or wavylines, as is usual with life cords. These,owing to their varying position, are hard tocatch'hold of, when needingthe-1n at the critical moment..

At 18, 19 are shown linings of eement,'or

other appropriate filling, forA holding the parts firmly together, andalso for rendering them water-tight. As the rounded portion 9 overhengsthe upper edge 15 ofthe tile ser .tion 13, the portionA 8' of the tilesection 7 cannot be displaced, except by moving it vertically upward,and this is not Veasilj/"uocomplished, especially fis-the parts arecemented rigidly together. i

As Will be seen from the above description, the coinpositestructureshown presents to the eye no inclination whatever.. The roundedsurface12.(:onstituting the life rail, and/the rounded surface 9constituting the overhanging edge of the coping, being (zxaetly parallelwith the u pperjsurface of. the Water, ure in every sense horizontal,and there is nothing' visible to suggest anything like a gutter orthoinclination necessary to 'enablev water to flow through a gutter.blevertheless .the gutter is present and does its Work thoroughly.Expeetorations into the gutter are also facilitated, endif the aim ipose 'of indicating to the people Walking 'over the loolgytheir approzihto the swimmingv tankj' The slight. inclinetion'of the portion 8 alsoemphasizes fthe proximity ofthe swim-v -ming tank. v

The inner surface' of. the gutter, het is "to i sity, the concavesurfaces 14 and .15, may," if

` desired, be' enameled, but this is notv essential.;

:also serves as'a'guide' to the eye for the pur- .l do not limitmyself'to any partifmleri material out of which the parts abovedescribed ure constructed. Neither do limit myself to the shape andconformity of any part or parte shown. The spaee between the copingandthe part serving es a life-rail is :tlwayssufheicnt to facilitate thecleaning;-` out of the gutter from the outside of the tank; lt. will benoted that the portion 'i serving as a life ruil also serves as a. danito prevent the outflow of any ofthe contents of the tank exceptfloating' objects and impurities floating upon the surface of' theWriter.

Nevins;` thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

l. The wnibiuation of a tile section provided with a portion madeconcave for the purpose ol' serving as a gutter, another tile sectionprovided. with a portion servirleT es a lille rail', `saidlastmicntioned portion being exactly level and fillings disposedinterino -eeemof diete yeeid lest-1nentioned tile section, and

seid first-mentioned tile section for the pur 'pose ofholdin saidfirstrnentioned tile sec-- tion in incline. position, in order tofacilitate the drainage of Water along its length.

2. .The combination of e tile section pro' kviddWi-th an overbrengingportion servingI as 'afcopmg, a second tile section provided wlthconcave surface adapted to serve es pert ol xotmded'surfece serving es aife rail, end further provided with e concave surface mating`i'seid;concave surface of seid second meny tined *tile section,ythereby forming e 'conl t'irietion of seid gntter,' fillings disposedsub-' stentieliy parallel withl seid second-nien tioned tile section andvarying, in thickness forlthe purposeof supportin seid second-`rnemtioned tile section in inc ined Aposition relatively totheother't'wo tile sections. I

, 3Q 'The combination of a, tile section 'proyvided with e ortionfashionedtoofri e eop- 'ing'he ksecon "'tiesection provided with eAconcave snrfeiee serving es part of e gutter,

25,1and e third tile section provided with e sur# "glitter, e third tilesection rovided with e fece. serving ne a continuetion of seid gutter, fSaid first vsind second tile' sectlons being ex- 'ectly parallel witheachother, said third tile and a, third tile section provided with asur' fece serving es e continuation of seid gutter said third tilesectionbeing further provide with eportion fashioned into a life railendA 40 also provided with e drain pipe, seid drain pipe extendingdirectly through satidthird tile section. 1 Y y In testimony whereof'lhave signed my name to this specification in the presence'of 45' twosubecribin Witnesses. i

JH FRANCIS BOORAEM` Witnesses: r

y .fQEcIL A. (hambruna,l C; ELLIo'r' Brenes,

